Out of Africa: Digital Pandemic Containment
They’re building laptops with hand-crank generators for kids in third world countries.
You know what this means, right?
The next generation of Nigerian spammers is going to look a lot like Popeye.
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Not to worry, those laptops are running a relatively secure operating system and, while amusing, the Popeye Scenario isn’t a particularly great threat to anyone – it’s the vulnerable systems that are of greater concern…
If this were a public health risk, (a) it would never have been allowed to get this far out of hand, and (b) labs would be working around the clock to produce enough anti-virus serums to stop the pandemic in its tracks. If every infected PC in Africa were a person, this would rank as the second worst pandemic in the history of the world.
- Africa Home of the World’s Largest Cyber Pandemic
by Jeffrey Carr for IntelFusion
2009-09-17
Yes, the Zombie Apocalypse looms large on the horizon – sit tight, turn off your lights, load your shotgun, and get ready to teach your spam filter a few new tricks while you read The Zombie Survival Guide by the light of your CRT or LCD display…
Switch to Linux – it’s a lot easier than you’d guess… and it’s free.
